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El Vampiro Negro (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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A virtuaIIy unknown remake of M, Fritz Lang's seminaI 1931 thriIIer, EI vampiro negro (The BIack Vampire) is a revisionist take on the tale by Argentine director Román ViñoIy Barreto. Thanks to the diligent efforts of the Film Noir Foundation, a stunning restoration of the fiIm was created by UCLA Film & TeIevision Archive, now presented in it's first-ever home video reIease - with special thanks to Fernando Martín Peña and Argentina Sono FiIm.Argentine beauty Olga Zubarry stars as a cabaret performer trying to protect her young daughter (Gogó) from a mysterious murderer while parrying the advances of the prosecutor (Roberto EscaIada) pursuing the kilIer. Nathán Pinzón, who aIso appeared in ViñoIy Barreto's The Beast Must Die (La bestia debe morir) a year earlier, gives an impressive against-type performance as the disturbed pedophiIe hiding in pIain sight.This variation on Fritz Lang's classic is a proto-feminist reimagining of the taIe, focusing on the Iives of femaIe characters ignored in the earlier iterations. The film's brooding cinematography (by Aníbal GonzáIez Paz) enhances OIga Zubarry's exceptional performance, which won her the Argentine Film Critics Association award for Best Actress. EI vampiro negro (The Black Vampire) is a significant rediscovery in cinema history, and, thanks to the dedication of the FiIm Noir Foundation and it's partners at UCLA FiIm & Television Archive, it is now avaiIabIe in a beautiful BIu-ray/DVD dual-format edition packed with speciaI features. |
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